Locking means for hoods of vehicles or the like



M. BEDNARIK June. 12, 1934.

LOCKING MEANS FOR HOODS OF VEHICLES OR THE LIKE Filed 001;. 10. 1933 R oT N E W ma e B m rll Patented June 12,1934 i 1,962,578

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOCKING MEANS FOR noo'ns or VEHICLES s on THE LIKE Max Bednarik,wesmela, N. J.

Application October '10, 1933, Serial No. 692,952 4 Claims. ((1292-67)This invention relates to vehicles, particularly engage the eye andunlock the hood. The rear *to motor vehicles and has for its object toproend of the bar 15 may be pivoted to one armof a vide means wherebyenclosures used for conceal double armed lever 16 fulcrunied at 17 tothe ing parts of the vehicle can be locked in position outer face of thefront wall e of the vehicle and from within the vehicle and are madeinacceswhose other ,arm is pivoted to a hand operated 6o siblefrom theoutside. 1 it rod18 extending throughan aperture 19 inthe Thus withmotor cars the hood over the motor wall e toward the dash board c. Thefront end hitherto has been locked in closed position by of said rod 18may be guided in a sleeve or socket clutches or the like arranged on theoutside of 21 fixed to the dash board e and have a grasp 2O.

the hood. Such clutches permit access toun- Such mechanism is providedfor each wing or 5 authorizedpersons to the motor and the electric halfof the hood. It will be seen that after swingconnections. with theresult that the motor or ing the wings of the hood 1) into closingposition connections may be damaged or the motor start-ed the operatorby pulling the rods 18 inwardly will by such persons. cause the lockbars to engage the eyes or loops 15 According to this invention thedrawbacks are 10 of. said hood and lock the latter in closed po- 7obviated by arranging locking mechanisms on sition, so that no accesscan be had to the motor the inside of the hood and providing means by anunauthorized person.

whereby the Said mechanism can be operated Torender the locking moreeffective and prefrom inside thevehicle, as for instance from the ventrattling of th h d hil th hicl i in dash board. motion the lockingmechanism may be construct- (5 To make my invention more clear the sameis d as per modification shown in Figs. 3 t 5 illustrated in the acc pay drawing in which elusive. Here, each wing of the hood 2) has fixedsimilar reference numerals denote corresponding t it inner fa e near tlower edge one or more parts and in which brackets 22 in which issupported a vertically F 1 iS a sectlohai Side elevation f a motorguided spring actuated tongue 23 provided in its V h e q pp With y newmechanlsm, upper end with a groove or ridge 23a and project- 2 is across section on line 2-2 9 ing upwardly from the chassis and adapted toF 3 is a sectional side elevation similar to be enclosed by the hood areguide loops or sockets that of Fig. 1, showi a modified cflnstluctlon 24in which is rotatively and slidably borne a lock 30 of the lockingmechanism, bar 25. 85

Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevational view of a part AS in the presentexample there are t h of said modified co s and tongues 23 carried byeach wing of the hood the Fig. 5 is a c oss Section 0!! line 0f lock bar25 is provided at two intermediate places 1 Referring more Specificallyt0 the dlflwing with hook shaped portions 25 which when the denotes thechassis, b the usual hood hmged at lock bar 25 is shifted into lockingposition will 90 1) serving as cover for the motor ot shown) and come tohe just above the tongues 23 so that the the dashboard 0f the motorvehlclelatter will by the action of their springs 23" en- In addition toor in lieu of the usual external gage in their ridges 2 Said hook shapedClutch mechanism d, I Provide a lockmg mecha" tions 25 and effectivelylock the hood in closed mm inside the space covered by the h position.The parts of the lock bar adjacent to 95 The hinged hood b as usual6011515 of W the forward ends of the hook shaped portions 25' halveshingedly Supported on a rod exP/endmg slant in the forward directionupwardly as at 25 longitudinally of and over the motor (not shown). tosuch an t t t t when t lock bar 25 is Acco d i0 the mOdifiCatiOn Shownin Figs- 1 shifted rearwardly into unlocking position said and 2 eachhalf of the hood carries near its lower slanting parts nd over i tongues23 grad- 100 d a l p r ey 10 whi h m be fixed here ually releasing saidtongues from the tension of by a plate 11. Fixed to each side of thechassis their springs 23 and from engagement with said as at 12 is aplate 13 provided with two or more hook portions 25". de loops 14 inwhich is loosely and longitudi- The rear end 25 of said lock bar 25 ispivotnally guided a lock bar 15 and which loops are ally connected to arod 26 which extends through 5 in alignment with the eye 10 so that whensaid an aperture 2'7 of the front wall e of the vehicle lock bar isdisplaced longitudinally in the forand whose free end is rotatably andslidably ward direction its free end will engage the eye borne in asleeve 19 attached to the dash board 0 10 and thus lock the'hood inclosed position, and and carries a handle or grasp 28.

when displaced in rearward direction it will dis- By a push on thehandle 28 the lock bar 25 is 1 0 brought into locking position with theresult that the tongues 23 become locked with the hook shaped portions25 of the lock bar thereby locking the hood in closed position.

The unlocking of the hood can be eifected first by a pull on the handle28 thereby shifting the lock bar 25 rearwardly until the forward ends ofthe cam or slanting portions 25 of the lock bar are opposite the tongues23. In this position a slight turn of the lock bar as indicated indotted lines (Fig. 5) by a twist of the handle 28 will entirely releasethe lock bar from engagement with the tongues 23 and unlock the hood.This modification renders the employment of the external clutches orlocking means entirely useless, since the hood will be locked in closedposition most effectively and tightly.

What I claim is:

1. In a vehicle having a chassis, a hinged hood, and a member having anotch in its upper end and supported to yield vertically on the innerface of said hood, a lock bar supported on said chassis to be slidabletransversely to said member and rotatable around its own longitudinalaxis, said lock bar having a hook-shaped portion which in operativeposition engages said notch and depresses said member, thereby lockingsaid hood, and a slanting portion adjacent and in continuation of saidhook portion which when said bar is slid to disengage said hook portionfrom said notch will release the pressure on said yielding memberwhereby said lock bar may be rotated to unlock said hood.

2. In a vehicle having a hinged hood, a notched member, resilient meanssupporting said member on the inner face of said hood, a lock barsupported on said vehicle under said hood and slidable transversely ofsaid member and rotatable about its own longitudinal axis, said lock barhaving a hook shaped portion, the latter coming to lie over said memberdepressing the same and engaging the notch therein when said bar ismoved into locking position thereby locking said hood, and an upwardlyslanting portion adjacent to and in continuation of said hook shapedportion which when said bar is slid to disengage said hook shapedportion from said member, releases the, pressure on the latter wherebysaid lock bar may be rotated to disengage said member and unlock saidhood.

3. In a vehicle having a hinged hood, a notched member, a coil springsupporting said member on the inner face of said hood, a lock barsupported on said vehicle and slidable transversely of said yieldingmember and rotatable about its own longitudinal axis, said lock barhaving a hook shaped portion which in operative position engages thenotch in said member and is adapted to depress the latter, therebylocking said hood, and a slanting portion adjacent to and incontinuation of said hook portion which when said bar is slid todisengage said hook portion from said member releases the pressure onthe latter whereby said lock bar may be rotated to disengage said memberand unlock said hood.

e. In a vehicle having a hinged hood, a notched member yieldablysupported on the inner face of said hood, a lock bar slidably androtatably supported on said vehicle, means thereon to effect compressionof said yielding member and positively engage the notch therein in oneposition of said bar to lock said hood and means on said bar adjacentsaid first named means which when said bar is slid into a secondposition to disengage said first named means from said yielding memberreleases the pressure on the latter member whereby said bar may berotated to completely disengage said member and unlock said hood.

MAX BEDNARIK.

